[Cortico-basal degeneration: the rare form of tau protein disease]

Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2003:37 Suppl 5:61-6.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Cortico-basal degeneration is a rare degenerative disease connected with Tau protein pathology. Epidemiology of cortico-basal degeneration is unknown. The authors present a case of 59 years old woman with suspicion of cortico-basal degeneration. The extrapyramidal symptoms mainly on the right side with "alien limb phenomenon" and dystonia of lower limb is observed in our patient. Cortico-subcortical brain atrophy was present in MRI scans. EEG was asymmetrical. No improvement was noticed after L-Dopa. Treatment of amantidine caused the transient improvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antiparkinson Agents / therapeutic use
  • Basal Ganglia / metabolism*
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism*
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Degeneration / drug therapy
  • Nerve Degeneration / pathology*
  • tau Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antiparkinson Agents
  • tau Proteins
  • Levodopa